SOLUTION: you walk up a hill with your sled. It takes you 5 mins to walk the 25 feet up the hill. Once you reach the top, you sled down the other side. It takes you 90 seconds. Assuming that

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Question 1068246: you walk up a hill with your sled. It takes you 5 mins to walk the 25 feet up the hill. Once you reach the top, you sled down the other side. It takes you 90 seconds. Assuming that the trips up and down cover the same distance, what was your speed up the hill? Your speed down the hill?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) About Me  (Show Source):
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Rate unit in FEET%2FMINUTE
                SPEED    TIME        DISTANCE
WALKUP                     5          25
SLEDDOWN                   1.5        25


SPEED is distance divided by time.
90 seconds is 1.5 minutes.


WALDED, 25%2F5=5
SLEDDED, 25%2F1.5=16%262%2F3